{
  "id": 11915818,
  "title": "Naqvi says talks with opposition have collapsed, accuses KP CM of 'sabotaging' negotiations",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/naqvi-says-talks-with-opposition-have-collapsed-accuses-kp-cm-of-11915818",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-04T11:40:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn",
    "slug": "dawn",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2034693/naqvi-says-talks-with-opposition-have-collapsed-accuses-kp-cm-of-sabotaging-negotiations"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi announced on Sunday that the negotiations between the federal government and the opposition had failed, alleging that the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) had initiated its long march and accused Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi of \"sabotaging\" the talks. Naqvi spoke at a press conference in Islamabad following a second round of discussions between the two sides, which had ended without any progress. He warned that those violating the Islamabad High Court's order regarding protests would face legal consequences. The court's ruling, issued on September 14, stated that no political party or its leadership had the legal right to occupy public roads, highways, interchanges, toll plazas, and buildings in Islamabad. Naqvi emphasized that the PTI had never requested the long march to be postponed. The talks began after 4pm on Saturday, with discussions centered around the PTI's planned October 4th march to Islamabad. However, the negotiations continued into the early hours of Sunday without any resolution. Naqvi detailed the two main agreements to be reached: one covering general matters with opposition parties and the other addressing counterterrorism. He explained that earlier, Naqvi had requested Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Chief Minister Afridi to join the negotiation process, as he believed the issues stemmed from the KP government. Afridi reportedly agreed to the postponement of the meeting and participated in discussions with the opposition team for four hours. Later, Naqvi claimed that the PTI had agreed to various conditions, including revising the Police Act 2026, preventing terrorists from operating in the province, condemning banned terrorist groups, supporting the national policy on Afghan refugees, and ensuring substantial funding for counterterrorism operations. However, he later stated that the KP government had abandoned these commitments during the final phase of negotiations. The meeting between the opposition and federal government commenced at Parliament House in the late afternoon of Saturday, with the PTI's long march to Islamabad as the primary topic of discussion. The talks persisted until early Sunday morning without any significant breakthrough. Following the failure to reach an agreement, Senate Opposition Leader Allama Raja Nasir Abbas conveyed to the media that the deadlock centered around jailed PTI founder Imran Khan's meeting with his personal physicians and addressing terrorism in KP. However, Minister of State for Interior Tallal Chaudhry attributed the failure to the KP government's inability to assure cooperation in the fight against terrorism in the future, alleging that the PTI delegation in KP was unwilling to implement the National Action Plan (NAP).",
  "summary": "Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said on Sunday that the talks between the federal government and the opposition had collapsed as the PTI had initiated its long march, accusing Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi of “sabotaging” the negotiations. Naqvi was addressing a press conference in Islamabad hours after an hours-long second round of talks between the two sides ended without…",
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    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Business Recorder",
        "title": "KP govt backs out of counterterrorism commitments during talks: Naqvi",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/kp-govt-backs-out-of-counterterrorism-commitments-during-talks-naqvi",
        "published": "2026-10-04T08:57:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Dawn - Pakistan",
        "title": "Naqvi says talks with opposition have collapsed, accuses KP CM of 'sabotaging' negotiation",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/naqvi-says-talks-with-opposition-have-collapsed-accuses-kp-cm-of",
        "published": "2026-10-04T11:01:41.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}